SEX ISSUE

Offering a range of subscription packages to customers who can pay up at the tap of their phone screens, sexual content creators in the "Premium” Snapchat industry have found it a lucrative one.
But the relatively-new Premium world has proven ripe for scammers.
Vanessa, a 20-year-old sophomore at UNC, is one of those scammers. She can make $1,000 in a single day without ever taking a picture for her Premium subscribers, but the strategy is a complicated one.
“I make sure it’s never anyone from (my hometown) or really anyone from North Carolina, because I’m not trying to get murdered."

North Carolina is one of just 18 states that require public schools to teach information about contraception — and one of only 13 states that require that information taught about STIs and sex to be factually accurate.

With two kids and no money, Z. needed money fast, and she realized that selling her time — and in some cases, herself — online was her best option.
Because of the internet, escort and sex work has changed since the days of standing on street corners.

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